{"id":12044,"date":"2021-05-03T12:20:36","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T17:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/?p=12044"},"modified":"2026-05-06T15:10:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T20:10:33","slug":"album-review-chad-vangaalen-worlds-most-stressed-out-gardener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2021\/05\/03\/album-review-chad-vangaalen-worlds-most-stressed-out-gardener\/","title":{"rendered":"Album Review :: Chad Vangaalen :: World\u2019s Most Stressed Out Gardener"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chadv-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chadv-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chadv-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chadv-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chadv-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chadv-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/chadv.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>by Daniel Kussy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where some may say that a record is the canvas, where each track makes up the independent yet linear details that tie the painting together, Chad Vangaalen has built an art gallery made up of pieces for each track, and called his collection <em>World\u2019s Most Stressed out Gardener.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>As each track tells their own story chalked with a sound and environment unique from each other, Vangaalen is drawing from every corner of his gallery for inspiration. \u201cNightwaves\u201d translates pretty seamlessly into an Andy Warhol painting, but instead of \u201cShot Marilyns\u201d its Vangaalen wearing Ziggy Stardust make up. In the case of \u201cStarlight,\u201d the King Gizzard-like haziness of the vocals mixed with the microtonal guitars, combine with an elaborate pallet of percussion that harkens back to a \u201cThis Heat\u201d sound results in a very desert-heavy backdrop.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDoesn\u2019t make much sense but it makes way.\u201d Such intricate percussion is used often, as is on the lead single \u201cSamurai Sword.\u201d The clanky tin can percussion rings stressfully as an equally stressed out Chad cry\u2019s for his beloved weapon. \u201cChoir Juno Flute,\u201d one of a handful of instrumental tracks, is a multi-layered ballad that plays like a Hans Zimmer piece, a long drawn-out piece with a big crescendo that\u2019s completely stripped at the song&#8217;s end.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With intention, consistency is the antithesis of <em>World\u2019s Most Stressed Out Gardner<\/em>. Yet, no matter how far in any certain direction he goes, Chad Vangaalen never lets himself untether from his folk roots. At the base of almost every track is an acoustic guitar that is of no urgency to bleed through or disrupt the krautrock that surrounds it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For fans of: King Gizzard and the Lizzard Wizard, This Heat, Daniel Romano<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chad VanGaalen - Starlight [OFFICIAL VIDEO]\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/79mPq0l4ut8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Daniel Kussy Where some may say that a record is the canvas, where each track makes up the independent yet linear details that tie the painting together, Chad Vangaalen has built an art gallery made up of pieces for each track, and called his collection World\u2019s Most Stressed out Gardener.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12046,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12044\/revisions\/12046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}